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Satyajit Ray Quotes
As a small boy I had read about Beethoven in the Book of Knowledge, now I was listening enraptured to his sonatas and symphonies. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Ever since Two Daughters Ive been composing my own music. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I think the first feature was made in Bombay in 1913, not so long after Hollywood. The cinema industry in Calcutta started not long after that. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I think they quite like me when I work because Im one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films dont bring their costs in back home, once theyre shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
I wouldnt mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because theyre not on a fixed salary. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Ive made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didnt want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
One of the reasons why some of my films seem so slow is because the soundtrack isnt expressive enough - maybe they need more sound or music. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Particularly in the final stages I always find that Im rushed. Its dangerous when youre rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he cant leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
The director is the only person who knows what the film is about. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so thats half of our market gone. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Theres always some room for improvisation. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
Well the Bombay film wasnt always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations Im familiar with. I dont write stories about the nineteenth century. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
When Im shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you cant do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan. - Satyajit Ray Quotes
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